Clayhole (The)

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 Theme code Index    3H3H3H 3H2H1H
 Also known as    Clay Hole Waltz
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Waltz/Valse/Vals
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    USA(Western/Pacific)
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Gene Silberberg
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 24
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2002
 Artist    Biography:Ron Kane & Skip Gorman
 Title of recording    Powder River
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Folk Legacy FSE-76
 Year recorded    1981
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Clayhole Waltz, The N:From the playing of the Gifford Family, for several generations musicians in N:the southern Utah area, beginning with Moses Elias Giffo rd in the late 1800's. N:Samuel Kendall Gifford formed the Gifford Family Band in the first half of the N:20th century, and musical descendants of the family continue to entertain. M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Waltz D:Utah Arts Council, The Gifford Family - "An Old-Time Utah Dance Party" (1996). D:https://digitallibrary.utah.gov/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=69936 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C Gc|e2- ed eg|e2d2e2|a2- ag ab|a2g2e2 |d2- dc de |1d2c2d2|e2- ed cA|G4 :|2 d2c2 ed|c2-cB cd|c4|| F2|A2F2F2|F2[F2A2] cA|G2 E2-EF|E2D2E2| G2D2-DE | D2C2D2|E2-ED CD|C4 FG|A2F2[F2A2]-|[F2A2]A2 cA| G2E2- EF|E2D2E2|G2 D2-DE|D2C2- CD|C2-C z CD|C4||


X:1 T:Clayhole, The N:From the playing of fiddlers Skip Gorman and Ron Kane. The Clayhole N:was an old camping spot near the Arizona-Utah border where lumberers, N:freighters and cowboys would rendezous. The tune was learned (via concertina N:player Hal Cannon) from Larkin Gifford (Springdale, Utah), who learned it from N:his father. M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Waltz D:Folk Legacy FSE-76, Ron Kane & Skip Gorman - "Powder River" (1981). D:Originally recorded in 1977) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bone-yard Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C V:1 e2-ed ef|e2d2c2|a2-ag ab|a2g2e2|d2-dc de| d2c2 cd|d-e- ed cA|G4 Gc|[e2e2]-[ee]d ef|e2d2c2| a2- ag ab|(a/b/a) g2e2|d2- dc de|d2c2ed|c2-cB cd| c4 eg|a2a2aa|a2c'2 c'a| g2e2-eg|e2d2c2| g2d2-de|d2c2 cd|e2-ed cA|c4 eg|a2a2a2| a2c'2 c'a|g2e2eg|e2d2c2|g2 d2-dc|d2c2 ed|c2-cB cd|c4|| V:2 G2- GE GA|G2F2E2|c2-cB cd|c2B2A2|G2- GF GA| G2F2EF|FG- GF ED|E4 EF|G2- GE GA|G2F2E2| c2-cB cd|c2B2A2|G2- GF GA|G2F2GF|E2-ED EF| E2 EF GA|c2A2A2|A2c2cd|e2c2- cd|c2B2A2| d2d2- de|d2c2cG|E2- EF GA |G4 GB|c2A2A2| A2c2cd|e2c2 cB|c2B2A2|d2 d2-dc-|d2c2 GF |E2-ED EF|E4||